List of state and union territory capitals in India

List of state and union territory capitals in India

Lists of states and territories of India

Population Highest point GDP HDI Tax revenues Voters Abbreviations Natural growth rate Sex ratio Vaccination Literacy rate Electricity Capitals Media exposure Origin of name HIV awareness Household size Home ownership Underweight people Place of worship TV ownership Transport network Power capacity Institutional delivery Life expectancy at birth Cities in India by state by population India is a country located in South Asia. With over 1.2 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories.[1] All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the centre through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis.[2] Since then, their structure has remained largely

List of state and union territory capitals in India unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts. The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to the administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts of India.

Table
No. State/Union territory Administrative capital Port Blair Legislative capital Judiciary capital Year of establishment 1956 Former capital

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh

Port Blair

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) Hyderabad (Hyderabad State), Kurnool (Andhra [3] State) Guwahati Guwahati

Calcutta (19451956)

Hyderabad

Hyderabad

1956

3 4

Arunachal Pradesh Assam

Itanagar Dispur

Itanagar Guwahati

1987 1975 [4] Shillong (18741972)

5 6 7 8

Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Patna Chandigarh Raipur Silvassa [5]

Patna Raipur

Patna Chandigarh Bilaspur Mumbai

1935 1966 2000 1944 Mumbai (19541961) Panaji (19611987) Ahmedabad (19611963) Panaji (19631987)

Daman and Diu

Daman

1987

10

National Capital Territory Delhi of Delhi Goa Gujarat Panaji [6]

Delhi

Delhi

1952

11 12

Porvorim Gandhinagar

Mumbai Ahmedabad

1961 1960

Panaji (19611987) Ahmedabad (19601970) Bilaspur (19501956)

Gandhinagar

13 14

Haryana Himachal Pradesh

Chandigarh Shimla

Chandigarh Shimla

Chandigarh Shimla

1966 1971

15

Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar(S) Jammu(W) Ranchi Bengaluru Thiruvananthapuram Kavaratti Bhopal

Srinagar(S) Jammu(W) Ranchi Bengaluru Ranchi Bengaluru

1948

16 17 18 19 20

Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh [7]

2000 1956 1956

Patna

Thiruvananthapuram Kochi Kavaratti Bhopal Kochi Jabalpur

1956

[8] Nagpur (18611956)

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[9] Mumbai [10] Nagpur(W/2nd) Imphal Shillong Aizawl Kohima Bhubaneswar

3
Mumbai 1818 1960 1947 1970 1972 1963 1948

21

Maharashtra

Mumbai(S+B) [11] Nagpur(W) Imphal Shillong Aizawl Kohima Bhubaneswar

22 23 24 25 26

Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa

Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati Cuttack

Cuttack (19361948) Madras (19481954) [12] Lahore (19361947) Shimla (19471966)

27

Puducherry

Pondicherry

Pondicherry

Chennai

1954

28

Punjab

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

1966

29 30 31 32 33 34 35

Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Jaipur Gangtok Chennai [13]

Jaipur Gangtok Chennai Agartala Lucknow [15] Dehradun kolkata

Jodhpur Gangtok Chennai Guwahati Allahabad Nainital kolkata

1948 1975 1969 1956 1937 2000 1947

[14]

Agartala Lucknow Dehradun Kolkata

Explanatory notes
[1] Library of Congress 2004 [2] Sharma 2007, p.49 [3] Andhra Pradesh was formed combining erstwhile Andhra State and region of Hyderabad state.Government of Andhra Pradesh [4] Shilong was the joint capital of Assam and Meghalaya until 1971.Baruah 1999, p.xiii [5] Chandigarh is the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana, and is a Union Territory, separate from the two states.Menon & Banerjea 2002, p.5 [6] Panaji was the capital of Goa from 1843 when it was ruled by the Portuguese.Ring 1996, p.288 [7] The Kingdom of Mysore along with Kannada speaking regions of the Madras Presidency were merged into a separate state, which was redrawn as Mysore State in 1956. Mysore state was renamed Karnataka in 1973.Mathew 1995, pp.9596 [8] Nagpur was the capital of Central Provinces and Berar which was a province from 1861 until 1950.Boland-Crewe & Lea 2002, p.155 Central Province became the major constituent of Madhya Pradesh, after it was formed in 1950.Boland-Crewe & Lea 2002, p.155 Nagpur remained the capital of the new state.Kumra 1998, p.136 In 1956, Berar (Vidarbha) was separated from Madhya Pradesh, and merged with the Bombay State. Nagpur thus lost the status of a capital city. In 1960, under the Nagpur pact, Nagpur became the second capital of Maharashtra.Kini 1974, pp.3435 [9] Mumbai / Bombay was the capital of Bombay Presidency which was a province until 1950. After that Bombay became the capital of Bombay State. Subsequently, Bombay State was split into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960. [10] In 1960, under the Nagpur pact, Nagpur became the second capital of Maharashtra.Kini 1974, pp.3435 Although an official notification to this effect was only given in 1988. The India yearbook of the government of India still does not mention Nagpur, being either the second or winter capital of Maharashtra. [11] Under the Nagpur pact, one of the preconditions for Vidarbha joining the state of Maharastra was that, at least one of the legislative sessions every year should be held in Nagpur. The winter session is held in Nagpur.Khandewale 1989, p.21 [12] Lahore was the capital of Punjab province of British India.Kippen 2006, p.26 It is now a part of Pakistan. [13] Gangtok has been the capital of Sikkim since 1890. Sikkim joined the Indian Union in 1975.Spate 1953, p.200 [14] Chennai (Madras) was the capital of the Madras Presidency since 1839, which was redrawn as Madras State in 1956. Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu in 1968.

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[15] Dehradun is the provisional capital of Uttaranchal. The town of Gairsen is envisaged as the state's new capital.Sati & Kumar 2004, pp.910

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